Franaois Villon Away Poems
- 1. Le Testament: Rondeau
Death, I cry out at your harshness,
That stole my girl away from me,
Yet you're not satisfied I see
Until I languish in distress.
... - 2. Le Testament: Les Regrets De La Belle Heaulmière
By chance, I heard the belle complain,
The one we called the Armouress,
Longing to be a girl again,
Talking like this, more or less:
... - 3. Le Testament: Ballade: Pour Robert D'estouteville
A t dawn of day, when falcon shakes his wing,
M ainly from pleasure, and from noble usage,
B lackbirds too shake theirs then as they sing,
R eceiving their mates, mingling their plumage,
... - 4. Ballade [the Goat Scratches So Much It Can't Sleep]
ter so much it breaks
You heat iron so much it reddens
You hammer it so much it cracks
A man's worth so much as he's esteemed
... - 5. The Ballad Of The Proverbs
So rough the goat will scratch, it cannot sleep.
So often goes the pot to the well that it breaks.
So long you heat iron, it will glow;
so heavily you hammer it, it shatters.
... - 6. Ballade [i Die Of Thirst Beside The Fountain]
king tooth on tooth
In my own country I'm in a distant land
Beside the blaze I'm shivering in flames
Naked as a worm, dressed like a president
... - 7. Le Testament: Epitaph Et Rondeau
Epitaph
Here there lies, and sleeps in the grave,
One whom Love killed with his scorn,
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